Your creatures evolve against their neighbours
June 13, 2026 · 5 min read
A SpecEvo world is no longer a set of separate trees. A creature now adapts to the real predators, prey, and competitors that share its zone, and names them in its reasoning. Here is how the new ecosystem works.
Producers, grazers, and the shape of a food web
June 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Every creature makes a living one of five ways, and where it lives decides who it ever meets. A short guide to the diet types and zones behind SpecEvo's ecosystems.
Why evolution never gives free upgrades
June 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Every adaptation has a cost. A short tour of the trade-offs, constraints, and physics that keep evolution honest, and why SpecEvo makes every creature pay for its upgrades.
A field guide to the 17 body plans
June 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Every creature on SpecEvo starts from one of 17 body plans, the basic architecture a lineage is built on. A quick tour of what each one is and how it shapes everything that follows.
Why lineages hit a dead end
June 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Most lineages do not last forever. A look at how over-specialisation, stacked trade-offs, and contradictory pressures drive a line extinct, in real biology and in SpecEvo.
Xenobiology: what could alien life actually be like?
June 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Xenobiology is the study of life as it could be, not just life as it is. A grounded tour of alien biochemistries, strange solvents, sunless energy, and why some things might still look familiar.
What is SpecEvo, and what can you do here?
June 11, 2026 · 5 min read
SpecEvo is a collaborative speculative-evolution platform. Apply a pressure to a creature, get a plausible descendant, build worlds, and grow a shared tree of life. Here is everything you can do.
What is speculative evolution?
June 10, 2026 · 5 min read
Speculative evolution imagines how life might plausibly evolve under new conditions, grounded in real biology. A short tour of the genre, its classics, and what makes it work.
